Advantages of Cloud Connector
The cloud connector has these advantages:
- You do not have to open an inbound port of the on-premise network firewall to establish connectivity from SAP Cloud Platform. You can use all allowed outbound connections without any modifications.
- Supports multiple protocols. For example, supports RFC protocol that provides native access to ABAP systems and their function modules.
- Connects on-premise database or BI tools to SAP HANA databases in the cloud.
- Allows propagating identity of cloud users to on-premise systems in a secure way.
- Installs and configures easily as it is available with a low Total Cost of Ownership.